Arts & Entertainment

Alpha male films that are actually about pathetic beta male losers

ALPHA males love certain films featuring manly violence and dominant behaviour. But on closer inspection some of them may in fact be about puny beta males. Like these.

Songs that shamelessly namechecked someone famous to sell more copies

GOT a tune that’s okay but not amazing? Bolt on a famous person, sorry, ‘iconic reference’, and watch the money come rolling in, like these…

Seven pre-woke films and TV shows explained for young people

TODAY’S entertainment is laboriously woke, which confuses young people watching anything made before 2015. Here’s how to explain baffling old films and TV.

TV pays tribute to Matthew Perry with rare Friends repeat

TV channels are paying their respects following the tragic loss of Matthew Perry with a once-in-a-lifetime repeat of Friends.

Six films you loved as a kid there's no f**king way your own children are watching

THERE are some films you cherished as a child which you cannot wait to share with your offspring. But definitely not these ones.

Little Mix, and other bands who were f**ked when someone left

SOME bands never recover from a member leaving, whether it’s due to musical talent or charisma. Here are some who should have begged departing members to stay.

Man throws self into path of combine harvester to avoid discussing what music he likes

A MAN decided to hurl himself into the blades of a combine harvester to avoid the agony of explaining what kind of music he enjoys.

Six films that featured sexy people and not much else

SOME films are lucky enough to have a hot cast as well as a gripping plot line, but these ones don’t. Enjoy the eye-candy, because there’s nothing else of value here.

Seven bands you've pretended to like because a man did

HE played them all the time, you preferred to avoid an argument, so you pretended Kasabian were good. You also have to live with these lies.

Seven movies that managed to make the impossibly thrilling achingly tedious

TIME travel, supervillains, evil ghosts - it’s impossible to make those things boring, surely? Unfortunately if you’ve seen any of these films you’ll realise it’s not.